Manvel Grigoryan will remain under arrest - the court delivered its  verdict

ArmInfo. On April 22, the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan, chaired by Judge Marina Melkonyan, once again rejected the petition of the defense of General  Manvel Grigoryan for his release on bail of 10 million drams. The  lawyer of Grigorian Arsen Mkrtchyan told this to journalists.

To note, 10 months passed from the decision of the court on the  arrest of Manvel Grigoryan. The former MP was arrested in 2018 on  June 19 by the decision of the same judge, Marina Melkonyan.

Manvel Grigoryan is accused of illegal possession of weapons and  ammunition by prior agreement with his wife Nazik Amirian, son Arman  Grigoryan and other persons not identified by the investigation for  appropriating property allocated for the needs of servicemen and  volunteers protecting the borders of the Artsakh Republic in the  April four-day war and subsequent days , tax evasion, embezzlement of  public funds and the organization of theft of property with  extortion. The investigation of the selected part of the criminal  case against Manvel Grigoryan and his wife Nazik Amirian was  completed, the case was sent to court, and Grigoryan's son Arman  Grigoryan was wanted.